Pinecone Presents Winter Music Festival

Kris Kristofferson
Country singer Kris Kristofferson has produced such hits as "Me and Bobby McGee" and "Help Me Make It Through the Night."

Bearfoot
When keyboard player Dwayne Ford began working with guitarists Terry Danko and Jim Atkinson in Toronto in the early '70s, the trio took the obvious name of Atkinson, Danko and Ford. When they added drummer Brian Hilton and guitarist Hugh Brockie, the name changed for the self-titled...

Dale Ann Bradley
Bluegrass/Americana artist Dale Ann Bradley, who has released albums both as a solo artist and with the New Coon Creek Girls, is known for her distinctive, gentle vocal phrasing and covers of popular (yet non-genre-related) songs by artists such as U2, Gordon Lightfoot, Jim Croce...

The Tony Rice Unit

Tift Merritt
Hailing from Houston, TX, singer-songwriter Tift Merritt’s debut album was released in 2002 to glowing review. Her sophomore effort, entitled Tambourine and produced by George Drakoulias, came out two years later.

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Singer-mandolin player Ricky Skaggs got his start with Ralph Stanley's Clinch Mountain Boys and then in Emmylou Harris' Hot Band, Ricky became a country super-star in the 80's racking up dozens of hits and has won twelve Grammy's, eight CMA awards & is a two-time Dove Award recipient.

Pinecone Presents Winter Music Festival

Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass
Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass play powerful, unadorned, traditional bluegrass. A next generation band carrying on their families’ traditions, Danny and his brother Michael, the band’s bass player, are Bob Paisley’s sons.

Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper perform blistering instrumentals along with tight vocal trios and duos and fiddle-and-banjo duets that echo the first-generation stars of bluegrass. Cleveland is a six-time winner of the International Bluegrass Music Association's Fiddle Player of the Year award.